Shock-loader.



' WITNESSES:

G. H. TARVIN.

, SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1910.

Patented Nov. '7, 1911.

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G. H. TARVIN.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1910.

LQOSEE? Y PatentedNov. 7, 1911.

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G. H. TARVIN.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.17, 191 0.

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WITNESSES:

INVENTOH Gag [Z [22/2 01 ATTORNEYS G. H. TARVIN.

SHOCK LOADER.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 17, 1910.

1,008,217. Patented Nov. 7, 1911.

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ATTURAPEYS .GUY H. TARVIN, 0F SISSETON, SOUTH DAKOTA,

SHOCK-LOADER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. '2, 1911.

Application filed August 7, 1910. Serial No. 577,592.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GUY H. TARVIN a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Sisseton, in the county of Roberts and State of South Dakota, have invented a new and Improved Shock-Loader, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to a new and improved loader adapted to run along the field and pick up a shock of hay or grain and deposit it in the wagon rack carried therewith.

An object of this invention is to provide a device with a fork adapted to scoop a bundle of grain or a pile of hay off the ground, and an auxiliary swinging fork adapted to remove the material from the first-mentioned fork and deposit it into a rack.

Another object of this invention is to provide means for automatically locking the swinging members of a swinging fork in their raised position, with means for automatically releasing said locking means.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device with a swinging fork having the fork proper movable relative to the swinging members, with a lock for securing the swinging members in their lowered position and adapted to be released by the fork proper.

These and further objects, together with the construction and combination ofparts, will be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which Figure 1 is a top plan view; Fig. 2 is a fragmentary longitudinal section on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a fragmentary side view in'elevation, showing the front part of the loader; and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view in side elevation, showing the rear part of the loader.

Referring more particularly to the -separate parts of the device, 1 indicates a wagon,

which may be of any suitable structure, such as comprising a body portion provided with a shock or hay rack 2 and supported on any suitable type of rollers, such as front wheels 3 and rear caster wheels, which permit the turning of the loader. f

Extending to the front of the machine, and pivotally connected to the body of the Wagon in any well known manner, as b being pivoted to a transverse shaft 5, there is provided a frame 6. This frame 6 is supported at its forward end in close juxtaposition to the ground. On the forward end of this frame 6, there is provided a pick-up fork 8, which is adapted 'to slide along in juxtaposition to the ground and pick up a bundle or shock of-grain or a pile of hay. This fork 8 is pivotally' connected intermediate its ends to the frame 6, as at 70, and is provided with a plurality of rollers 7, rotatably supported thereon and adapted to support the fork and the frame 6 in juxtaposition to the ground and still allow for the unevenness thereof. The pivotal motion of the fork 8 is limited by means of a bar 71 thereon, which engages in a slot 72 in a link 73 also pivotally connected to the shaft 5. This pick-up fork 8 may be of any suitable structure, such as comprising a plurality of lifting fingers 9, and a plurality of retaining or baby fingers 10 extending at an angle to the fingers 9. Also pivotally secured to the shaft 5, there is provided a swinger frame 11, which ex.- tends from the front part of the wagon 1 and comprises a plurality of guide bars 12 and auxlliary bars 13, the latter extending outside of the frame 6 and being connected at their forward ends to the bars 12. Slidingly mounted on the guide bars 12 of the swinger frame 11.. there is provided a swinger fork 14;, which may be of any suitable structure, such as comprising a carriage 15 slidingly mounted on the bars 12, supporting fingers 16 secured rigidly to the carriage 15, and retaining fingers 17 pivotally connected to the fingers 16 and preferably secured together by a transverse bar 18. These retaining fingers 17 may be provided with swing members for clamping between their surfaces and the surfaces of the fingers 16, the shock ofgrain or pile of hay deposited thereon. A

It will be seen that, inasmuch as. the swinger fork 14 is slidingly mounted on the swinger frame 11, it may assume a posit-ion at the extreme rear of the swinger frame when not in use, or at the extreme front of move a shock of grain previously picked up the swinger frame when it is desired to rethe connection 19 will be so short that it will 7 hold the fingers 17 erect.

For the purpose of sliding the swinger fork 14 from its rearmost position to its foremost position, there are provided flexible connections 20, which pass over guide pulleys 21 on the forward part of the swinger frame 11, so as to change the direction of motion of the flexible connections, where they are attached to the fork 14 in any well known manner. The opposite ends of these flexible connections, after passing over suitable guide pulleys 22, are wound onto drums 23 on a. shaft 24. This shaft may be driven intermittently in a manner to be described, so as to wind the flexible connections 20 onto the drums 23, so that the swinger fork 14 will be positively forced out into its foremost and lowermost position.

Normally the swinger frame 11 is locked in its lowered position by means of latches 25, which are held in engagement therewith by means of springs 26. When the swinger fork 14, however, is moved to its foremost position so that it can remove the material picked up by the pick-up fork 8,these latches 25 will have been released by oblique tripper guides 27 which come in engagement therewith during the forward motion of the swinger fork 14, so that the swinger frame 11. and the swinger fork carried thereby may be swung up into their raised position.

For the purpose of swinging the frame 11 and the fork 14 to their raised position when -the latches 25 are released, there are provided flexible connections 28, which are secured adjacent the forward end of the frame 11 and pass over suitable guide pulleys 29 located on uprights 30 on the body of the wagon 1, fromwhence they pass downwardly and are wound on suitable drums 31 on a shaft 32, which are driven in a manner to be described.

For the purpose of directing the pull of the flexible connections 28 to a more advantageous angle when the swinger frame 11 is in its lowermost position, there are provided auxiliary guide pulleys 33 located on the ex tremities of brackets 34, which are pivotally connected to the wagon 1 so as to swing up when the frame 11 overtakes them during its upward swinging motion, and whose downward swinging motion is'limited by means of flexible connections 35. When the frame 11 is raised to its uppermost position, so that the shock of grain or the bundle of hay takenby the fork 14 from the fork 8 can be deposited in the rack 2, it engages latches 36 on the uprights 30, which automatically lock it in its raised position. When the bundle of material has fallen from the fork 14 into the rack 2, the operator, by releasin the drums 23 in a manner to be describe can rmit. the fork 14 to slide down on the ame 11 by fork 14 reaches the bot-tom of its travel, it strikes trippers 37 which are connected in any suitable manner to the latches 36 as by means of connectin rods 38, so that these latches are release by the arrival of the fork 14 at the bottom of its travel. When this takes place, the frame 11 canbe lowered to its original osition, illustrated in Fig. 2, by releasing t e drums 31 and permitting them to unwind in a manner to be described.

While the loader may be driven over the ground by a mechanical motor, it is shown as being adapted to be pulled by a plurality of horses or mules attached to trees 39 disposed on opposite sides of the wagon, and secured thereto inany well known manner. This means of propulsion naturally imparts a rotary motion to the wheels 3, which have secured thereto sprockets 40, which engage driving chains 41. The latter engage corresponding sprockets 42 loosely mounted on the shaft 32.

Clutches 43 are provided on the shaft 32, whereby the sprockets 42 may be connected in driving relation with the drums 31, so as to drive the latter. .For the purpose of manipulating these clutches, there are provided shifters 44, which are connected by means of link-and-lever connections 45, to bell crank levers 46 on a shaft 47. The latter is provided with a hand lever 48, whereby both of the clutches 43 may be operated simultaneously. The driving chains 41 also engage sprocket wheels 49' loosely mounted on the shaft 24. This shaft 24 may be connected in driving relation with the sprocket wheel 49 by means of a clutch 52, which is operated by a shifter 53, which in turn may be connected by means of link-and-lever connections 54 to an operating lever 55, located where the operator stands, adjacent the rear of the machine. The driving chain also engages a. sprocket wheel 56 on a shaft 57, which drives, through a chain-and-sprocket connection 58, a shaft 59, on which are located pulleys 60. The chain and sprocket connection 58 is normally disconnected from driving relation with the shaft 57, and is adapted to be connected in driving relation therewith by means of a. clutch 81, which is operated by a shifter 82, which in turn may be operated by a lever 83, connected thereto by means of a link 84.

The purpose of the pulleys 60 "is to pull back into the rack 2 a sling 61 after the latter has been hauled therefrom, for the purgravity. When thisswinger of controlling the lowering of theswinger frame 11, the shaft 32 is providedwith abrake 62, comprising a brake wheel 63 secured to the shaft 32, and a band 64 adapted to engage the brake wheel. 3 This band is adapted tobe tightened on the wheel 63 by means of a crank shaft 65, located adjacent the other operatinglever, and connected to the band 64 by means of an arm 66, a bell crank lever 67, and a link 68.

The operation of the device will be readil understood when taken in connection wit the above description. The loader is drawn over the ground by suitable draft animals attached to the trees 39, and. is directed so as to bring the pick-u fork 8 beneath a pile of hay or a shock 0 grain, so that the material is bodily picked up onto the fork 8. When this has been accomplished, the operator connects the drums 23 in driving relation with the wheels 3 by'm'eans of] the lever 55, so that theswinger fork 14 is shifted on the frame 11 until the fingers thereon come beneath the material on the pick-up fork 8. During its outward motion, the swinger fork 14 releasesithe latches 25 by means of the trippers 27 thereon, which engage with the latches 25, sothat the frame 11 and the fork 1 14 carried thereby may be swung up into their elevated position by connecting the drumsi 31 in drivingrelation with the wheels 3 through the agency of the clutches 43, which the operator controls through the handle lever 48. The material lifted up by he fork 14 will continue-its motion when he fork stops at its highest point, and will drop v into the sling61 in the rack 2. The frame 11, however, is locked in its uppermost position by the latch 36. As soon as the material has left the fork 14, the operator, by releasing'the clutches 52, can permit the carriage 15 and the fork 14 carried thereby, to drop by gravity down to a point ad acent the shaft 5, where the fork hits the trippers 37 and by the weight thereof, releases the latches 36, so that the operator can now, by.

releasing the clutches 43, permit the frame 11 toswing down intoits original position. The lowering of this frame 11 can be controlled bv means of the brake 62, so as to avoid any unnecessary jarring of the loader. As soon as the frame 11 reaches its lowermost position, it will be automatically locked in this position by the spring latches 25, which engagetherewith. The device is thus set for another operation, with the swinger fork 14 in its original position in close juxtaposition to the body 1, and with the frame 11 locked down in position, and the pick-up fork 8 ready to pick up anew load of material. The operator can then direct the motion of the machine toward the next shock or bundle and repeat the operation as before. This .is carried on until the rack 2 is full, when the load can be carried to any. suitable point and deposited by at taching a hook on the sling 61 to a suitable fixed point, and driving the loader forward, whenthe load will be pulled out with the sling and-deposited on the ground.

wagon" by being attached to a suitable flexible connection and the latter attached to the pulleys 60, which may be driven by operati'n clutch 81. v

"Wh1le I have shown one embodiment of my invention, I do not wish to be limited to '70 The sling 61 can be drawn back into the I the specific details thereof, but desire to be protected in various changes, modifications and alterations which may come within scope of the appended claims Having thus described my'invention, I

the

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a vehicle adapted to be run over the ground, of aharvest- 1 ing pick-up fork for picking up hay or the like fromv the ground, a second fork on said vehicle, for taking the material from said pick-up fork, and means for manipulating said second fork into coiiperative relation with said pick-up fork.

2. The combination with a vehicle adapt- 7 ed to be run over the ound, of a harvesting pick-up fork for plcking up hay or the like from the ground, a second fork on said vehicle, normally out of engagement with said pick-up fork, mechanism for bringing said second fork into engagement with said pick-up fork, and additional mechanism for nected with said vehicle, and asecond fork on said swinger frame, adapted to take the material from said pick-up fork;

5'. The combination with a? harvesting vehicle adapted to be run over the ground, of a pick-up member secured to said vehicle vand adapted to glean material from the ground, a second member secured to said vehicle and movable so as to remove the material fromsaid first-mentioned member and load it onto said vehicle, said second member being the form of a fork, and I means for manipulating said second member into and out of co6perative relation with said first member. 1

6. The combination with a pick-up fork, of a swinger frame connected to said pickup fork, a second fork slidingly mounted on said swinger frame, and means for manipua fork slidingly mounted on said frame, means for swinging said frame, a flexible -lating said second fork into cotiperative re-I lation with said pickup fork.

means. for ad 'Sflld swinger 7. The combination with a wagon, of a {fi'fflme on said wagon, a pick-up forkon said frame, a swinger frame on said wagon, a

swinger fork ion said swinger frame, and listing said swinger fork on ame.

8. The combination with a wagon, of a frame on said wagon, apick-up fo'rk on said frame, a swinger frame on said wagon, a

swinger fork on said swinger frame, means of adjusting said swinger fork on said swinger frame, and hoisting mechanism for swinging, said swinger fork.

' 9. The combination with a wagon, of a frame on said wagon, a fork pivotally con nected to 'said'fra-me, rollers on said fork ada ted to engage the ground, and means for imiting the pivotal motion of said fork. 10'. The combination with a support, of a swinging fork on said sup ort, anda latch for locking said swinging ork in its lower-- most position. 11. The combination with a support, of a swinging fork on said support, a latch for locking said swinging fork n its lowermost position, and a tripper on said swinging forkfor releasing said latch. 3 swinging frame on said support, a fork on 12. The combination with a support, of a 3 said frame, means for manipulating said frame,'.and a latchfor locking said frame in its uppermost position.

13. The combinatiomwith a support of a swinging frame on said support, a fork mounted on said frame, means for swinging said fork and said frame, a latch for locking said frame in its lowermost position, and a latch for looking said frame in its uppermost position, said latches being adapted to I be released by the movement of said fork.-

- uppermost position, and a tripper for releasing said latch.

15. Thecombination with a support, of a frame pivotally connected to said support,

' connection secured to said fork, a drum for operating said flexible connection to move said fork on said frame, said fork comprising supporting fingers and retaining fingers movable relative to said supporting fingers,

' and a connection between said retaining fingers and said support, adapted to movesaid' retaining fingers relative to said supporting fingers during the motion of said ork.

mas-aw 16. The combination with a support, of a frameqgn said support, a fork slidingly mounted on said frame, means for moving said fdrk, said fork comprising supporting fingers and retaining fingers movable relative to said supporting fingers, and a flexible connection between said retaining fingers and said support, adapted to adjust the relative position of said retaining fingers with respect to said supporting fingers, 17. eilhe combination w1th a wagon, comprisin a body portion having a rack therein, of a sling in said wagon adapted to be and a swinging fork adapted to fill said sling. v 18. The combination with a support, of aframe pivotally. connected to"said.support,- a pick-up fork pivotally connected to said frame, a swinging frame pivotally connected to said support, a second fork slidingly mounted on said swinging frame, means for manipulating said swinging frame, and means for manipulatingsaid second fork.

19. The combination with a support, of a frame pivotally connected to' said support, a pick-up fork. pivotally connected to said frame, a swinging frame pivotally connected manipulating said swinging frame, means for manipulating said second fork, and latches for locking said swinging frame'in a plurality of adjusted positions, said latches being adapted to be released by the movement of said second fork.

20. The combination with a support, of a movable frame on said support, a fork. mounted on said frame, means for manipulating said fork and said frame, a latch for locking said frame in its lowermost position, and a latch for locking said frame in its uppermost position, said latches being released by said fork.

21. The "combination with a support, of a fork sliding in contact with the ground, for picking up material from the ground, a second fork on said support, intermittently movable into and out" of cofiperative relation with said first-mentioned fork, for; pickingup material from said first-mentioned fork, and hoisting mechanism for manipulating said second-mentioned fork.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GUY H. TARvIN.

Witnesses:

E. J. TURNER,

LEO J. Ltrnom'rso r.

to said support, a second fork slidingly mountedon said swinging frame, means for memoved therefrom to unload the wagon, means for returning said sling to the wagon, 

